BERNARD v. UNITED BRANDS CO.

Nos. 88-P-15, 88-P-561, & 88-P-1239.

27 Mass. App. Ct. 415 (1989)

538 N.E.2d 1003

RONALD E. BERNARD vs. UNITED BRANDS COMPANY & another.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Worcester.

June 2, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James L. Ackerman (Joseph J. Wadland with him) for NRM Corporation.

Richard R. Eurich (John J. Davis with him) for United Brands Company.

Present: BROWN, KAPLAN, & PERRETTA, JJ.


KAPLAN, J.

These appeals reduce to a question under rule 60(b) of the Massachusetts Rules of Civil Procedure, 365 Mass. 828 (1974). We mention the previous history.

In 1981, Ronald E. Bernard, claiming to have been injured when a plastics extruder machine exploded at his work station, commenced an action in Superior Court charging negligent design and failure to warn in which he first named United Brands Company (UBC) as defendant and later also asserted his...

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